raising wings – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Rufous Morph Red-tailed Hawk Taking Flight Photos

By Mia McPherson|March 22nd, 2019|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: adult, altitude, birds of prey, Buteo jamaicensis, Buteos, crouching, female, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, lift off, lifting off, pushing off, raising wings, raptors, Red-tailed Hawk, rufous, rufous morph, sequence, taking flight|

By the time I took this next image in the series the Red-tailed Hawk had straightened her legs, her wings were high over her body and she was pushing off from the rock.